A UAB Dynasty (TCY)

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UAB Sports Daily
Pre-Season 2004

Big news from the University of Alabama-Birmingham campus today: Young coach B.B. Gunn has been named as the new head coach of the UAB Blazer program. The Blazers are hoping that Gunn can bring some energy to a moribund program...

...the university held a press conference to introduce their new coach to the public yesterday.

"I'm excited to be here, and honored to be the head football coach at the University of Alabama in Birmingham," Gunn said.

"It is a big challenge, no doubt. The Blazers have won only 7 games once in a season so far. Plus, not only do we have to compete with Conference USA teams, but we have to compete with Alabama and Auburn as well for attention in this state. But I think there's a lot of talent in Alabama and in the South, and we can make this program a winner. That's my challenge."

(I'll let that be my introduction. This is my first dynasty here, and hopefully it'll last a long time. :) It's just too bad that TCY hasn't been updated... it's a great game. :( )

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Coach's Diary
Pre-Season 2004

Okay, let's look at our coaching staff for 2004:

Defensive Coordinator
D.J. Shields, 47
Playcalling: Poor
Injury Avoid: Good
Rehab: Fair
Congeniality: Very Good

DL: Lousy
LB: Teriffic
DB: Good

Hmmm... playcalling could be better, and the DL is gonna be key to us becoming a dominant team. But he's still young - he might grow a little.

Offensive Coordinator
Harvey Bratzke, 42
Playcalling: Fair
Injury Avoid: Good
Rehab: Decent
Congeniality: Terrible

QB: Pretty Good
RB: Pretty Good
WR: Good
OL: Lousy
K: Poor

Great at developing the skill positions, and avoids injury. But that OL development rating is bad, and so is his congeniality. Might be one to keep an eye on, but if the offense does well this year, I'll keep him around.

Scouts
For a program like this, the scouts are all good. Our Deep South scout was graded a B+ and out Southeast scout an A-. Hopefully they'll help us out, as our recruiting is going to be limited to Alabama and the bordering states.

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Coach's Diary
Pre-Season 2004

Now for the roster assessment:

My goodness... this team is BAD. Very bad. This could be a long year.

Our best overall position is RB, and I would give them a 32 out of 100, with a bit of room for improvement. Guards are next at 31, then TE with 28. Our WRs are horrible (15). Although I favor a high-octane passing attack, it looks like we'll go with a running formation on the offense this year.

On defense, our best position is OLB (25). DT, ILB and CB are not shabby (relatively speaking), but our safeties are atrocious (1)!

Based on this, we need a running game to have a ball-control offense, eat up game time and put the pressure on their offense, as well as keep the horrible defense off the field as much as possible. But I do want to give the fans a reason to watch us instead of Alabama and Auburn. So... how about the Wishbone? Yeah, that sounds good.

As for the defense, since our LBs are okay, let's go with a 3-4 formation. Hopefully the opposition won't pass all over us, or else we're dead.

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More roster assessment...

QB
Skip Nolan (Sr.) will be our starter, but Rodney Naquin (So.) will probably be our starter next year (for the time being), so he may get some reps during this season.

RB/FB
Bobby Forbes (Sr.) has established himself as the starter in the past, and Moe Stewart (Jr) looks pretty good in camp. They'll probably be my two backs in the wishbone, with Patrick Bruce (Sr) as the starting FB. Forbes has the potential to be a class RB in C-USA if the breaks go his way.

As I look at the rest of this team... it makes me want to quit writing this assessment. I'll just list some key players:

G Tyrus Clanton (Sr.)
This guy, along with RBs Forbes and Stewart, is one of the 3 best athletes on the Blazer squad. He's going to be key to this running attack.

OLB Spenser Morgenstern (Jr.)
He's not that good yet, but has the potential to anchor the defense during the season.

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UAB Sports Daily
Football Preview 2004

... Coach B.B. Gunn has decided to go "throwback" and install a Wishbone attack at UAB. This is vastly different from the pro-style offense that has been common in Birmingham since the beginning of the program.

Gunn says the Wishbone will take advantage of UAB's talented running backs, give the team's offense a different personality than most offenses out there, and bring fans to Legion Field. However, it remains to be seen whether or not the Wishbone will cause fans to turn from watching the Tide or Tigers...

...The Conference USA coaches have made their preseason predictions, and we bring you the results:

Conference USA 2004 - Predictions
1. Louisville
2. TCU
3. Southern Miss
4. Tulane
5. East Carolina
6. Memphis
7. South Florida
8. Cincinnati
9. Houston
10. **UAB
11. Army

As you can see, the C-USA coaches do not have high hopes for the Blazers. In addition, the national coaches poll has UAB at #104. In comparison, Louisville is at #53 and TCU is at #54. Looks like a tough season is in store for UAB this fall.

Nationally, here's the preseason top 5 (coaches poll):
1. Michigan
2. Oklahoma
3. Miami (FL)
4. Florida State
5. Ohio State


Now let's take a look at the schedule:


Week Opponent
2 BAYLOR
4 at (4) Florida State
$$5 MEMPHIS
$$6 at Cincinnati
7 at Mississippi State
$$8 TCU
$$9 at Tulane
$$11 SOUTH FLORIDA
$$12 HOUSTON
$$13 at Army
$$14 at Southern Miss

Home Games in ALL CAPS
$$-Conference Games


UAB lucks out in not having to play pre-season C-USA favorite Louisville, and they get TCU at Legion Field. In conference, road games at Cincinnati, Tulane and So. Miss will be very difficult. No need to analyze the brutal road trip to Florida State in week 4.

Based on the way things are now, UAB Sports Daily predicts a 3-8 overall record and 2-6 in Conference USA. Blazer fans, the future looks good, but 2004 doesn't. Prepare yourselves.

In other news, perhaps reflecting what UAB has in store in 2004, only 13,100 season tickets have been sold this year, out of a stadium capacity of 83,100.

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UAB Sports Daily
Week 1 - Recruiting Highlights

Target:
CB Bart Roberson
6'2", 176
Mobile, AL (Lillie B Williamson)

Roberson is the #3 ranked prospect in Alabama and the #1 CB. He is ranked #19 nationally at the CB position and could probably help UAB almost immediately. Experts say that his man-to-man coverage is excellent, but his ability to help cover the run is suspect.

Target:
QB Tommy Green
6'1", 180
Ellenwood, GA (Cedar Grove)

#2 QB in GA and #20 QB nationally. Great with most routine passes, but has a big option/running game as well. In 4 games at Cedar Grove HS, he's rushed for 137 yards/gm with 7 TDs. Could be an immediate factor in UAB's wishbone.

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UAB Sports Daily
Week 2 - Recruiting Highlights

Target:
FB Percy Schulz
6-1, 219
Dallas, GA (East Paulding)

#4 FB in GA. Not a great power back, but can get the extra yardage when needed. His HS coaches commend his great attitude.

Updates
CB Roberson - considering UAB, Georgia Tech and Iowa. Roberson places value on close distance and great academics. UAB is the closest of the three, but academics stink currently. Will Roberson stay in-state?
QB Green - considering UAB, Utah. Green wants a team with prestige and close distance to GA. UAB meets the distance requirement, but is it enough?

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Week 2 - Preview

Baylor (0-0) at UAB (0-0)
Line: UAB by 3
Weather: 58 degrees, rainy
TV: none

UAB will debut their wishbone attack against the high-octane run-and-shoot offense of the Baylor Bears. This will be the first game for both teams.

UAB is favored to win in this matchup. However, Baylor is regarded by many to have more talent, and the run-and-shoot may prove to be problematic for UAB's horrible secondary. Our prediction: Baylor 42, UAB 21.

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Week 2 - Review
UAB 24, Baylor 13

BIRMINGHAM - Three different UAB backs scored a touchdown as the UAB Blazers defeated the Baylor Bears 24-13 in Week 2 action.

After trailing 13-3 going into the 4th quarter, the Blazers shocked and delighted those fans remaining at Legion Field with a great comeback.
After a TD run by RB Gilbert Adachi, starting QB Skip Nolan put the Blazers ahead with a 1-yard TD run with 1:01 remaining. Then, with 8 seconds to go, RB Bobby Forbes added another TD to solidify the Blazers' win.

UAB starts the 2004 season 1-0, winning a game they had to win in order to have any kind of chance this season for a postseason berth.

The player of the game was UAB G Tyrus Clanton. With 8 blocks made out of 12, he was key to UAB's running game today. Forbes had 114 yards on 22 carries, while RB Moe Stewart had 87 yards on 16 carries.

Box Score:

Weather: 58 degrees, rain.
Attendance: 26,300 (83,100).

1Q: 04:18 BAYL - James Durham 40 field goal.
2Q: 11:52 BAYL - James Durham 35 field goal.
2Q: 07:14 UABB - Blake Kerr 20 field goal.
2Q: 00:31 BAYL - Myron Mason 6 run.
2Q: 00:31 BAYL - James Durham extra point.
4Q: 14:21 UABB - Gilbert Adachi 2 run.
4Q: 14:21 UABB - Blake Kerr extra point.
4Q: 01:01 UABB - Skip Nolan 1 run.
4Q: 01:01 UABB - Blake Kerr extra point.
4Q: 00:08 UABB - Bobby Forbes 7 run.
4Q: 00:08 UABB - Blake Kerr extra point.

Game MVP: UABB 60 Tyrus Clanton

Baylor 3 10 0 0 - 13
UAB 0 3 0 21 - 24

Team Statistics BAYL UABB

First Downs 17 17

Total Rushes 23 50
Net Rushing Yards 47 233
Yards Per Carry 2.0 4.6
Rushing Yards 79 246
Tckld Loss/Yards 2-4 4-7
Sacked/Yards Lost 4-28 1-6

Pass Attempts 38 16
Completions 21 7
Passing Yards 243 117
Yards Per Attempt 6.3 7.3
Interceptions 3 0
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 2/0

Total Plays 61 66
Total Yards 290 350
Yards Per Play 4.7 5.3

3rd Down Plays 3/12 6/16

Penalties 13 8
Penalty Yards 82 55

Avg. Drive Start OWN 25 OWN 38
Time Of Possession 27:41 32:19

Baylor Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
42 Mason 10 51 5.1 19 1 2 0
7 Carlisle 7 -21 -3.0 8 0 1 4
28 LaCroix 6 17 2.8 4 0 0 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int
7 Carlisle 38 21 243 6.3 34 0 3

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
8 Lockett 7 62 8.8 17 14 0
83 Alston 4 63 15.7 4 26 0
42 Mason 3 41 13.6 7 34 0
88 Rand 3 31 10.3 20 12 0
5 Casillas 2 31 15.5 12 21 0
28 LaCroix 1 8 8.0 8 8 0
2 Bassett 1 7 7.0 0 7 0

UAB Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
44 Forbes 22 114 5.1 34 1 4 0
25 Stewart 16 87 5.4 22 0 2 0
11 Nolan 9 10 1.1 6 1 2 1
21 Adachi 3 22 7.3 12 1 0 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int
11 Nolan 16 7 117 7.3 46 0 0

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
25 Stewart 2 24 12.0 9 18 0
81 Peters 2 32 16.0 5 16 0
44 Forbes 1 8 8.0 3 8 0
21 Adachi 1 7 7.0 0 7 0
7 Prewitt 1 46 46.0 7 46 0

Baylor Drive Chart

Quar Began Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 5:12 OWN 4 8 34 Punt
1 6:39 2:21 OWN 20 6 52 Field Goal
1 0:31 3:39 OWN 42 11 40 Field Goal
2 7:14 1:23 OWN 31 2 -8 Interception
2 4:04 3:33 OWN 20 8 90 Touchdown
3 11:46 0:54 OWN 20 3 8 Punt
3 9:14 0:53 OWN 32 3 0 Punt
3 6:30 2:42 OWN 23 3 12 Punt
4 14:21 1:51 OWN 38 3 0 Punt
4 8:58 4:31 OWN 22 11 67 Interception
4 1:01 0:37 OWN 26 3 5 Interception

UAB Drive Chart

Quar Began Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 9:48 3:09 OWN 13 7 39 Punt
1 4:18 3:47 OWN 20 6 23 Punt
2 11:52 4:38 OWN 14 8 93 Field Goal
2 5:51 1:47 OPP 40 4 21 Missed FG
2 0:31 0:31 OWN 20 1 5 Half
3 15:00 3:14 OWN 36 7 52 Missed FG
3 10:52 1:38 OWN 36 3 2 Punt
3 8:21 1:51 OWN 30 3 6 Punt
3 3:48 4:27 OPP 35 9 33 Touchdown
4 12:30 3:32 OWN 36 6 16 Punt
4 4:27 3:26 OPP 48 10 45 Touchdown
4 0:24 0:16 OPP 15 2 15 Touchdown

Baylor Red Zone Profile

Visits TDs FGs
2 1 1

UAB Red Zone Profile

Visits TDs FGs
6 3 1

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Week 2 Injuries

None. (Thank goodness.)

[Izulde]

I like TCY dynasties. Every time I see one I want to start another one. :D

Keep it going!

[bbgunn]

I like TCY dynasties. Every time I see one I want to start another one. :D

Keep it going!

Thanks, Izulde. Actually, your dynasties are a part of my inspiration for this.

[bbgunn]

Conference USA Standings after Week 2

School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak
TCU 1 0 0 1.000 51 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Won 1
**UAB 1 0 0 1.000 24 13 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Won 1
Louisville 1 0 0 1.000 28 17 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Won 1
Houston 1 0 0 1.000 29 24 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Won 1
Army 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 ---
Southern Miss 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 ---
Tulane 0 1 0 .000 17 34 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Lost 1
Memphis 0 1 0 .000 24 38 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Lost 1
South Florida 0 1 0 .000 0 38 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Lost 1
East Carolina 0 1 0 .000 6 55 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Lost 1
Cincinnati 0 1 0 .000 0 59 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Lost 1

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Coaches Poll after Week 2

School Record Conf
1. Michigan 1-0 B10
2. Oklahoma 1-0 B12
3. Miami (FL) 1-0 ACC
4. Ohio State 1-0 B10
5. Georgia 1-0 SEC
6. Nebraska 1-0 B12
7. Texas 1-0 B12
8. Florida 1-0 SEC
9. Tennessee 1-0 SEC
10. LSU 1-0 SEC

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UAB Sports Daily
Week 3

The Blazers have week 3 off, which gives them a chance to reflect on their victory last Saturday against Baylor, and to get extra preparation for the brutal trip to Tallahassee to face Florida State next week.

The wishbone offense had a great debut at Legion Field in week 2, amassing 233 yards net rushing and 3 TDs. However, UAB Sports Daily wondered if another goal of the wishbone – to attract fans to UAB that would otherwise watch Alabama or Auburn – was on its way to being achieved. We were at the Baylor game and we asked many of the 26,000-plus that showed up what they thought.

“It’s kind of interesting,” said one fan. “My father grew up cheering for a lot of teams that ran the wishbone. It’s nice to see that here in Birmingham, especially when so many college teams are starting to throw the ball more.”

“I love UAB football,” said another fan, “so I’ll support them no matter what. But I hate the wishbone. I was hoping to see them run some kind of air attack.”

Another fan said, “I’m an Alabama fan, so I probably shouldn’t be here. You know what they say – UAB means ‘U Ain’t Bama’. But… I had to see this. Where else do they run the wishbone now? Some school in Texas?”

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Conference USA Standings
After Week 3

School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak
Louisville 2 0 0 1.000 51 38 1 0 0 1.000 23 21 Won 2
TCU 2 0 0 1.000 78 13 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Won 2
**UAB 1 0 0 1.000 24 13 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Won 1
Memphis 1 1 0 .500 69 45 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Won 1
East Carolina 1 1 0 .500 47 65 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Won 1
Tulane 1 1 0 .500 45 58 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Won 1
Houston 1 1 0 .500 29 100 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Lost 1
Southern Miss 0 1 0 .000 10 52 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Lost 1
South Florida 0 2 0 .000 29 71 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Lost 2
Cincinnati 0 2 0 .000 10 97 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Lost 2
Army 0 1 0 .000 21 23 0 1 0 .000 21 23 Lost 1

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Week 4 - Preview
#47 UAB (1-0) at Florida State (0-1)

Line: Florida State by 8
Weather: 75 degrees, sunny
TV: None

The Blazers, who surprisingly made the Coaches Poll at number 47 during their off week, take on Florida State on Saturday in Tallahassee, FL. FSU started their season in Week 2 with a loss to rivals Miami (FL) 33-30, while UAB won its opener. However, FSU should get back on the right track with a game against a team that has considerably less talent.

The game will feature two contrasting running styles: UAB's wishbone versus FSU's outside running veer formation.

Our prediction: FSU 45, UAB 3.

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Week 4 - Recap
Florida State 42, #47 UAB 10

TALLAHASSEE, FL - Florida State had no problem with the UAB Blazers, trouncing them 42-10.

The Seminoles had a big first quarter, scoring TDs on its first 3 possessions. Then their defense did the rest. FSU dismantled UAB's wishbone attack, holding the Blazers to just 11 yards rushing. All in all, it was a pretty bad beatdown for UAB.

Attendance: 82,300 (82,300).
Weather: 75 degrees, fair.

1Q: 09:48 FLST - Brian Boyd 28 pass from Juan Holden.
1Q: 09:48 FLST - Darryl Jessup extra point.
1Q: 06:01 FLST - Dusty Cowdrick 3 run.
1Q: 06:01 FLST - Darryl Jessup extra point.
1Q: 00:17 FLST - Brad Roberson 4 pass from Juan Holden.
1Q: 00:17 FLST - Darryl Jessup extra point.
2Q: 09:51 UABB - Trevor Rayburn 72 interception return.
2Q: 09:51 UABB - Blake Kerr extra point.
2Q: 03:55 FLST - Emmanuel Von der Ahe 1 run.
2Q: 03:55 FLST - Darryl Jessup extra point.
3Q: 00:21 FLST - Cory Page 9 run.
3Q: 00:21 FLST - Darryl Jessup extra point.
4Q: 10:07 FLST - Wes Moss 29 pass from Juan Holden.
4Q: 10:07 FLST - Darryl Jessup extra point.
4Q: 04:46 UABB - Blake Kerr 25 field goal.

Game MVP: FLST 31 Cory Page

UAB 0 7 0 3 - 10
Florida State 21 7 7 7 - 42

Team Statistics UABB FLST

First Downs 10 28

Total Rushes 27 46
Net Rushing Yards 11 213
Yards Per Carry 0.4 4.6
Rushing Yards 52 235
Tckld Loss/Yards 5-12 2-4
Sacked/Yards Lost 5-29 3-18

Pass Attempts 27 23
Completions 10 16
Passing Yards 161 258
Yards Per Attempt 5.9 11.2
Interceptions 0 1
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 0/0

Total Plays 54 69
Total Yards 172 471
Yards Per Play 3.1 6.8

3rd Down Plays 2/15 7/11

Penalties 2 6
Penalty Yards 20 67

Avg. Drive Start OWN 28 OWN 40
Time Of Possession 25:07 34:53

UAB Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
25 Stewart 12 41 3.4 16 0 4 0
11 Nolan 8 -29 -3.6 3 0 2 5
44 Forbes 6 -2 -0.3 2 0 3 0
81 Peters 1 1 1.0 1 0 0 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int
11 Nolan 27 10 161 5.9 33 0 0

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
7 Prewitt 4 86 21.5 22 33 0
44 Forbes 1 3 3.0 0 3 0
21 Adachi 1 15 15.0 6 15 0
43 Bruce 1 7 7.0 1 7 0
99 Schultz 1 6 6.0 0 6 0
93 Lowe 1 15 15.0 0 15 0
81 Peters 1 29 29.0 8 29 0


Florida State Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
31 Page 30 175 5.8 46 1 3 0
25 Cowdrick 9 44 4.8 8 1 0 0
10 Holden 3 -18 -6.0 0 0 0 3
23 Chandler 2 8 4.0 8 0 1 0
30 Berryhill 1 3 3.0 3 0 0 0
81 Von der Ahe 1 1 1.0 1 1 0 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int
10 Holden 23 16 258 11.2 35 3 1
19 Mathis 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
31 Page 6 95 15.8 55 21 0
97 Gardner 3 56 18.6 26 35 0
90 Moss 2 43 21.5 4 29 1
84 Roberson 2 17 8.5 18 13 1
88 Boyd 2 37 18.5 30 28 1
23 Chandler 1 10 10.0 8 10 0

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Conference USA Standings after Week 4

School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak
Louisville 3 0 0 1.000 92 48 2 0 0 1.000 64 31 Won 3
Houston 2 1 0 .666 53 120 1 0 0 1.000 24 20 Won 1
Memphis 2 1 0 .666 118 79 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Won 2
TCU 2 1 0 .666 88 48 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Lost 1
East Carolina 1 1 0 .500 47 65 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Won 1
**UAB 1 1 0 .500 34 55 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Lost 1
Southern Miss 0 2 0 .000 24 97 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Lost 2
South Florida 0 3 0 .000 36 92 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Lost 3
Cincinnati 0 3 0 .000 17 142 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Lost 3
Tulane 1 2 0 .333 55 99 0 1 0 .000 10 41 Lost 1
Army 0 2 0 .000 41 47 0 2 0 .000 41 47 Lost 2

C-USA In the Coaches Poll

Louisville is #30 and TCU is #50.

Preview - Week 5
Memphis at UAB
Line: UAB by 9.
TV: TV4
Weather: 80 degrees, sunny

The first conference game for both. It'll be Memphis' 39 points a game run-and-shoot versus UAB's slow wishbone. Our prediction: Memphis 34, UAB 21.

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Week 5 – Recap
UAB 34, Memphis 20

BIRMINGHAM, AL - UAB put up 277 yards rushing as the Blazers took care of Memphis 34-20 at Legion Field in the first C-USA game for both teams.

RB Bobby Forbes had a big day, running for 147 yards - his second 100-yard game of the year - and 2 TDs. QB Skip Nolan went 12-18 for 129 yards and 2 TDs, but threw his first interception of the year. However, the MVP of the game was C Vernon Jordan, who had several key blocks for both Forbes and RB Moe Stewart.

UAB now improves to 2-1 overall and 1-0 in Conference USA.


Attendance: 28,100 (83,100).


Weather: 80 degrees, fair.

1Q: 08:08 UABB - Blake Kerr 26 field goal.
1Q: 02:15 MEMP - Courtney McKenzie 4 run.
1Q: 02:15 MEMP - Jeff Henson extra point.
2Q: 12:59 UABB - Bryce Prewitt 3 pass from Skip Nolan.
2Q: 12:59 UABB - Blake Kerr extra point.
2Q: 00:22 UABB - Bobby Forbes 13 run.
2Q: 00:22 UABB - Blake Kerr extra point.
3Q: 11:41 UABB - Bryce Prewitt 13 pass from Skip Nolan.
3Q: 11:41 UABB - Blake Kerr extra point.
3Q: 07:49 MEMP - Conrad DeWacht 17 pass from Lee Riddick.
3Q: 07:49 MEMP - Jeff Henson extra point.
3Q: 06:22 MEMP - Lenny Otis 15 pass from Lee Riddick.
3Q: 06:22 MEMP - Jeff Henson extra point failed.
4Q: 12:22 UABB - Blake Kerr 45 field goal.
4Q: 04:33 UABB - Bobby Forbes 4 run.
4Q: 04:33 UABB - Blake Kerr extra point.

Game MVP: UABB 57 Vernon Jordan

Memphis 7 0 13 0 - 20
UAB 3 14 7 10 - 34

Team Statistics MEMP UABB

First Downs 23 28

Total Rushes 21 54
Net Rushing Yards 71 277
Yards Per Carry 3.3 5.1
Rushing Yards 99 300
Tckld Loss/Yards 0-0 10-18
Sacked/Yards Lost 5-28 1-5

Pass Attempts 38 18
Completions 20 12
Passing Yards 295 129
Yards Per Attempt 7.7 7.1
Interceptions 3 1
Fumbles/Lost 2/0 2/1

Total Plays 59 72
Total Yards 366 406
Yards Per Play 6.2 5.6

3rd Down Plays 4/11 4/11

Penalties 9 1
Penalty Yards 69 11

Avg. Drive Start OWN 29 OWN 33
Time Of Possession 27:30 32:30

Memphis Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
34 McKenzie 11 81 7.3 19 1 1 0
9 Riddick 6 -28 -4.6 0 0 1 5
24 Thornton 3 18 6.0 10 0 0 0
7 Rivera 1 0 0.0 0 0 1 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int
9 Riddick 38 20 295 7.7 42 2 3

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
85 Malerich 6 90 15.0 19 22 0
84 DeWacht 6 124 20.6 41 42 1
34 McKenzie 2 7 3.5 0 5 0
1 Hampton 2 31 15.5 15 20 0
5 Otis 2 23 11.5 15 15 1
23 Lukacic 1 10 10.0 3 10 0
7 Rivera 1 10 10.0 2 10 0


UAB Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
44 Forbes 29 147 5.0 31 2 9 0
11 Nolan 10 35 3.5 14 0 3 1
25 Stewart 8 57 7.1 17 0 0 0
21 Adachi 3 18 6.0 10 0 0 0
43 Bruce 3 15 5.0 8 0 0 0
81 Peters 1 5 5.0 5 0 0 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int
11 Nolan 18 12 129 7.1 19 2 1

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
7 Prewitt 4 41 10.2 32 18 2
93 Lowe 3 49 16.3 2 17 0
25 Stewart 2 3 1.5 0 4 0
44 Forbes 1 9 9.0 1 9 0
21 Adachi 1 19 19.0 3 19 0
43 Bruce 1 8 8.0 0 8 0

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Conference USA Standings
After Week 5

Louisville 3 1 0 .750 113 73 2 0 0 1.000 64 31 Lost 1

TCU 3 1 0 .750 126 60 1 0 0 1.000 38 12 Won 1
East Carolina 2 1 0 .666 84 78 1 0 0 1.000 37 13 Won 2
**UAB 2 1 0 .666 68 75 1 0 0 1.000 34 20 Won 1
Houston 2 2 0 .500 60 168 1 0 0 1.000 24 20 Lost 1
Tulane 2 2 0 .500 78 120 1 1 0 .500 33 62 Won 1
Memphis 2 2 0 .500 138 113 0 1 0 .000 20 34 Lost 1
Southern Miss 0 3 0 .000 45 120 0 1 0 .000 21 23 Lost 3
South Florida 0 4 0 .000 48 130 0 1 0 .000 12 38 Lost 4
Cincinnati 0 4 0 .000 30 179 0 1 0 .000 13 37 Lost 4
Army 0 3 0 .000 65 74 0 2 0 .000 41 47 Lost 3

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Week 5 Injuries

WR Darrell Peters - Arthroscopic Knee Surgery (Out, 4 wks)
DE Sean Lazetti - Torn Thumb Ligaments (Questionable, 4 wks)

(COACH'S NOTE: The Lazetti injury hurts us more... we can't afford to lose depth on our defensive line.)

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Week 5 Recruiting Notes

QB Tommy Green out of GA was getting much love from more prestigious schools, so we made the painful decision to throw in the towel on him. Our next QB options are... well, not so great.

In fact, overall our recruiting efforts have been quite disappointing. These high schoolers still don't know what "UAB" is, much less come to Birmingham and play. This is going to be a long fall off the field. Hopefully it won't be one on it.

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Week 6 Preview
UAB (2-1) at Cincinnati (0-4)
Coaches Poll: UAB #66, Cincinnati #111

Line: UAB by 20
Weather: 56 degrees, stormy
TV: none

Fresh off their first C-USA victory of the season, UAB makes their first C-USA road trip. They'll play the Cincinnati Bearcats on Saturday.

UC runs a run-and-shoot, but they certainly haven't had much success with it this year, getting blown out by Ohio State, Miami (OH), Syracuse and East Carolina. With UAB doing well against passing offenses so far this year, and with UC not having much of a defense, this should be UAB's third win of the year.

Our prediction: UAB 35, Cincinnati 17.

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Week 6 - Recap
UAB 34, Cincinnati 24

CINCINNATI - UAB dominated the second quarter with 20 points, then held off a fourth quarter comeback effort by Cincinnati to win their second straight game.

The Blazers' two starting tailbacks, Bobby Forbes and Moe Stewart, dominated the game. Forbes ran for 96 yards while Stewart had 99. Each back contributed 1 TD. Forbes was named the Player of the Game. QB Skip Nolan went 15 of 25 in the air for 142 yards and 2 TDs.

"Great game," UAB coach B.B. Gunn said afterwards. "You couldn't ask for a better performance from our backs. And what Skip is doing - not causing any turnovers - is phenomenal."

This is the third game out of four that UAB did not commit any turnovers. They have only one on the season, a pick in the Memphis game last week.

Cincinnati's QB Vincent Montanez was the bright spot for his team, passing for almost 300 yards on UAB's weak secondary, including 3 TDs, one of them an 82-yard bomb in the 4th quarter. However, Montanez also threw 2 crucial interceptions that possibly prevented the Bearcats (0-5) from staying in the game.

UAB improves to 3-1 overall, their best mark in a few years. They are 2-0 in C-USA.

(I decided to stop posting the Box Scores so that you guys don't have to scroll so much. If you want to know some stats, let me know.)

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Conference USA Standings
After Week 6

Louisville 4 1 0 .800 140 99 3 0 0 1.000 91 57 Won 1
TCU 4 1 0 .800 160 77 2 0 0 1.000 72 29 Won 2
**UAB 3 1 0 .750 102 99 2 0 0 1.000 68 44 Won 2
Memphis 3 2 0 .600 196 134 1 1 0 .500 78 55 Won 1
East Carolina 2 2 0 .500 110 105 1 1 0 .500 63 40 Lost 1
Tulane 2 2 0 .500 78 120 1 1 0 .500 33 62 Won 1
Houston 2 3 0 .400 81 226 1 1 0 .500 45 78 Lost 2
Southern Miss 1 3 0 .250 76 130 1 1 0 .500 52 33 Won 1
South Florida 0 5 0 .000 58 161 0 2 0 .000 22 69 Lost 5
Cincinnati 0 5 0 .000 54 213 0 2 0 .000 37 71 Lost 5
Army 0 4 0 .000 82 108 0 3 0 .000 58 81 Lost 4

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Coach's Diary after Week 6

3-1... not bad, better than I thought. Of course, the next two games against Mississippi State and TCU are gonna be tough.

Our wishbone attack is second only to TCU in rushing. We're getting 178 yards a game. Not bad, but I'd like to see more. Meanwhile, our rush defense is superb, but, as expected, the pass defense is horrible - one of the worst in the nation. That's gotta change if we're gonna be great.

[bbgunn]

Week 7 - Preview
UAB (3-1) at Mississippi State (2-2)
Coaches Poll: UAB #60, MSU #67

Line: UAB by 2
Weather: 73 degrees, sunny
TV: none

UAB takes its wishbone attack to an SEC stadium as they face the Bulldogs. MSU was blown out 70-7 by LSU two weeks ago, but won a close one against Vandy in Week 6.

MSU has not looked good lately, and UAB is favored by 2. But the Bulldogs are an SEC team, and UAB's at their stadium. Our prediction: MSU 31, UAB 27.

[Izulde]

Amazing success you're having with the wishbone thus far. :)

[bbgunn]

Amazing success you're having with the wishbone thus far. :)

Yeah, I'm a bit surprised. I was thinking about going with a passing attack next season, but we might have to stick with the wishbone for now. :)

[bbgunn]

UAB 24, Mississippi State 14

STARKVILLE, MS - Star RB Bobby Forbes ran for 2 touchdowns, and UAB put up 230 rushing yards on an SEC defense, as the Blazers defeated the Mississippi State Bulldogs on the road.

The game didn't have much offense at all, as the halftime score was 0-0. Then in the 3rd quarter, UAB (4-1) opened things up with a field goal and Forbes first TD. MSU (2-3) tried to come back in the 4th quarter, but UAB put up more points to keep the game out of reach and the win in their hands.

The player of the game, for the 2nd time this year, was UAB senior C Vernon Jordan, who created several key blocks for his running backs all game. QB Skip Nolan didn't have a great game in the air, but he certainly helped things by having a great game on the ground, rushing for 56 yards and helping to fill in for an ineffective RB Moe Stewart.

UAB now has a 3-game winning streak going. Their rushing offense is now ranked 16th in the nation, and in C-USA only TCU (who the Blazers play next week) have more rushing yards.

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Louisville 4 1 0 .800 140 99 3 0 0 1.000 91 57 Won 1
TCU 4 1 0 .800 160 77 2 0 0 1.000 72 29 Won 2
**UAB 4 1 0 .800 126 113 2 0 0 1.000 68 44 Won 3
Tulane 3 2 0 .600 90 127 2 1 0 .666 45 69 Won 2
Southern Miss 2 3 0 .400 116 143 2 1 0 .666 92 46 Won 2
Memphis 3 2 0 .600 196 134 1 1 0 .500 78 55 Won 1
East Carolina 2 3 0 .400 117 117 1 2 0 .333 70 52 Lost 2
Houston 2 4 0 .333 94 266 1 2 0 .333 58 118 Lost 3
Army 1 4 0 .200 110 132 1 3 0 .250 86 105 Won 1
South Florida 0 5 0 .000 58 161 0 2 0 .000 22 69 Lost 5
Cincinnati 0 6 0 .000 78 241 0 3 0 .000 61 99 Lost 6

Louisville and TCU had the week off, and Tulane impressed by beating East Carolina 12-7.

As you can see, we are definitely (and surprisingly) keeping up with the Joneses, i.e. Louisville and TCU. It's too bad we don't play Louisville this year, but we have TCU next week. We have to be ready for that.

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Injuries

Starting senior T Mo Gomez will be doubtful for 4 weeks with a pulled groin. We certainly don't need that; tackle is one of our weakest positions.

Recruiting

We finally had our first commitment of the year:

S Jose Dole
5-11, 175
Columbus, GA (Carver)
Rating: 37-

He's the #4 S in GA. He's great at picking off passes (11 INTs in 9 games so far). But his man-to-man defense is suspect. Still, we need any help at safety we can get, and he'll play a role in the future.

[MizzouRah]

Very easy to read dynasty, nice job so far!

[bbgunn]

Very easy to read dynasty, nice job so far!

Thanks. I finally got my posting format down, so hopefully it'll be easier to read.

[bbgunn]

Thanks. I finally got my posting format down, so hopefully it'll be easier to read.

Haha... after posting that, I feel compelled to tinker with the posting format a little more.

Starting from now, I'll reinstate the box scores in the recaps, albeit without the opponents' individual stats.

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#34 TCU (4-1) at UAB (4-1)
Coaches Poll: UAB is #51
Line: UAB by 9 (wow)
Weather: 52 degrees, rainy
TV: TV4

Since UAB doesn't play Louisville this year, this is easily the biggest C-USA game of the season for the Blazers. The TCU Horned Frogs come to Legion Field on Saturday in a regionally-televised game.

Both of these teams are sitting in 2nd place in C-USA, 1/2 game behind Louisville. The winner of this game will most likely challenge Louisville for the conference championship.

The game features the top two rushing attacks in C-USA. UAB runs the wishbone, while TCU runs the veer formation.

This is a must win game for the Blazers if they want to be considered as serious contenders in Conference USA. Here at UAB Sports Daily, we know we've been hard on the Blazers. The result has been a 2-3 record in predicting UAB games. We're going to side with the line here (which has UAB favored by 9). Our prediction: UAB 28, TCU 21.

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#34 TCU 38, UAB 6

BIRMINGHAM - Looks like UAB isn't ready for prime time just yet.

The TCU Horned Frog defense held UAB to just 55 rushing yards while putting up 198 of their own, as UAB was outclassed in just about every aspect of the game. UAB was held without a touchdown for the first time this year, its only points coming off of two Blake Kerr field goals in the afternoon rain.

UAB RB Bobby Forbes was held to just 42 yards. QB Skip Nolan couldn't rescue the team through the air, completing less than half his passes and throwing one pick.

"It was a complete beatdown, plain and simple," said coach B.B. Gunn after the game. "We made a few mistakes, but they were just better than us this afternoon."

UAB falls to third place in C-USA, tied with Memphis and Southern Miss, while TCU rises to a first-place tie with Louisville.



The College Years
Box Score: TCU at UAB
Birmingham, AL.

Week 8, 2004

Attendance: 35,500 (83,100).


Weather: 52 degrees, rain.

1Q: 11:43 TCUU - Brady Sweeney 37 pass from Greg Donaldson.
1Q: 11:43 TCUU - Claude Gonzalez extra point.
2Q: 14:24 UABB - Blake Kerr 39 field goal.
2Q: 10:00 TCUU - Tony Paup 18 pass from Greg Donaldson.
2Q: 10:00 TCUU - Claude Gonzalez extra point.
2Q: 06:20 TCUU - Britt Dawson 48 run.
2Q: 06:20 TCUU - Claude Gonzalez extra point.
3Q: 09:37 TCUU - Adam Keegan 11 pass from Greg Donaldson.
3Q: 09:37 TCUU - Claude Gonzalez extra point.
3Q: 03:54 UABB - Blake Kerr 46 field goal.
4Q: 13:48 TCUU - Colin Groff 17 pass from Greg Donaldson.
4Q: 13:48 TCUU - Claude Gonzalez extra point.
4Q: 08:59 TCUU - Claude Gonzalez 43 field goal.

Game MVP: TCUU 27 Brady Sweeney

TCU 7 14 7 10 - 38
UAB 0 3 3 0 - 6

Team Statistics TCUU UABB

First Downs 26 10

Total Rushes 44 26
Net Rushing Yards 198 55
Yards Per Carry 4.5 2.1
Rushing Yards 233 81
Tckld Loss/Yards 2-5 3-8
Sacked/Yards Lost 4-30 3-18

Pass Attempts 27 26
Completions 18 11
Passing Yards 272 142
Yards Per Attempt 10.0 5.4
Interceptions 1 1
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 1/1

Total Plays 71 52
Total Yards 470 197
Yards Per Play 6.6 3.7

3rd Down Plays 9/14 5/14

Penalties 9 4
Penalty Yards 81 40

Avg. Drive Start OWN 36 OWN 31
Time Of Possession 35:01 24:59

UAB Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
44 Forbes 11 42 3.8 19 0 2 0
25 Stewart 7 22 3.1 7 0 0 0
11 Nolan 6 -9 -1.5 3 0 0 3
8 Naquin 1 -1 -1.0 -1 0 1 0
21 Adachi 1 1 1.0 1 0 0 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int
11 Nolan 25 11 142 5.6 29 0 1
8 Naquin 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 0

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
25 Stewart 3 27 9.0 4 12 0
93 Lowe 2 38 19.0 11 21 0
7 Prewitt 2 45 22.5 13 29 0
44 Forbes 1 8 8.0 0 8 0
21 Adachi 1 4 4.0 0 4 0
30 Deberry 1 17 17.0 8 17 0
85 McClung 1 3 3.0 0 3 0

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Other CUSA scores:

Miami FL 52, Louisville 20
Alabama 51, Southern Miss 7
South Florida 52, Army 7
Memphis 24, Tulane 13

School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak
TCU 5 1 0 .833 198 83 3 0 0 1.000 110 35 Won 3
Louisville 4 2 0 .666 160 151 3 0 0 1.000 91 57 Lost 1
**UAB 4 2 0 .666 132 151 2 1 0 .666 74 82 Lost 1
Memphis 4 2 0 .666 220 147 2 1 0 .666 102 68 Won 2
Southern Miss 2 4 0 .333 123 194 2 1 0 .666 92 46 Lost 1
Tulane 3 3 0 .500 103 151 2 2 0 .500 58 93 Lost 1
East Carolina 2 3 0 .400 117 117 1 2 0 .333 70 52 Lost 2
Houston 2 4 0 .333 94 266 1 2 0 .333 58 118 Lost 3
South Florida 1 5 0 .166 110 168 1 2 0 .333 74 76 Won 1
Army 1 5 0 .166 117 184 1 4 0 .200 93 157 Lost 1
Cincinnati 0 6 0 .000 78 241 0 3 0 .000 61 99 Lost 6

Coaches Poll Top 10
School Record Conf Coach Fans Ave Rank
Miami (FL) 5-0 ACC 1 4 2.50 1
Ohio State 6-0 B10 2 6 4.00 4
Georgia 6-0 SEC 3 5 4.00 6
Nebraska 6-0 B12 4 3 3.50 5
Texas 6-0 B12 5 1 3.00 3
Florida 6-0 SEC 6 2 4.00 2
Oklahoma 5-1 B12 7 8 7.50 7
Virginia Tech 5-0 ACC 8 7 7.50 10
Texas A&M 6-0 B12 9 9 9.00 11
Washington State 6-0 PAC 10 10 10.00 8

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Injuries

DE Lazetti and WR Peters are questionable 1 more week, and T Gomez is questionable 3 more weeks. All 3 are playing through the pain.

NEW: DE Fred Talley is out for 8 weeks with torn knee cartilage, hurting our weak DE depth even more. This doesn't help us.

Recruiting
We have another new commitment:

OLB Luther Wheeler
6-0, 204
McCalla, AL (McAdory)
Rating: 29+

#3 OLB in Alabama. Probably not going to be a stud, as his run defense is terrible. Might be a good backup for us down the road.

[bbgunn]

UAB (4-2) at Tulane (3-3)
Coaches Poll: UAB #63, Tulane #66
Line: UAB by 2
Weather: 56 degrees, stormy
TV: none

UAB's next test is this Saturday as they travel to New Orleans to face Tulane.

UAB's task is to not let the heartbreaker against TCU affect them and stay on course for a winning season. However, Tulane will do their best to wreak havoc on the Blazers. The Green Wave have been surpisingly effective at running the ball. However, they haven't scored many points at all, gaining more than 20 points twice all year.

Our prediction: UAB 23, Tulane 17.

[bbgunn]

UAB 23, Tulane 10

NEW ORLEANS - UAB RB Bobby Forbes had his 4th 100-yard game of the year as the Blazers knocked off the Tulane Green Wave 23-10 on the road.

UAB (5-2) picked up 176 yards rushing, 103 of those from Forbes. The Blazers dominated the first 3 quarters of the game, leading 20-3 going into the 4th. Tulane (3-4) had a decent 4th quarter, but didn't do much at all to come back.

PLAYERS OF THE WEEK: Forbes, QB Skip Nolan, TE Walter Lowe.

The College Years
Box Score: UAB at Tulane
New Orleans, LA.

Week 9, 2004

Attendance: 39,400 (69,800).


Weather: 56 degrees, stormy.

1Q: 06:41 UABB - Blake Kerr 41 field goal.
1Q: 01:08 UABB - Bobby Forbes 8 run.
1Q: 01:08 UABB - Blake Kerr extra point.
2Q: 10:56 UABB - Bryant Phillips 38 interception return.
2Q: 10:56 UABB - Blake Kerr extra point.
2Q: 04:29 TULA - Allen Winslett 30 field goal.
3Q: 03:40 UABB - Blake Kerr 25 field goal.
4Q: 08:50 UABB - Blake Kerr 29 field goal.
4Q: 01:14 TULA - Moe Brock 38 pass from Harold Garrison.
4Q: 01:14 TULA - Allen Winslett extra point.

Game MVP: UABB 44 Bobby Forbes

UAB 10 7 3 3 - 23
Tulane 0 3 0 7 - 10

Team Statistics UABB TULA

First Downs 20 15

Total Rushes 43 35
Net Rushing Yards 176 143
Yards Per Carry 4.0 4.0
Rushing Yards 194 168
Tckld Loss/Yards 8-18 3-5
Sacked/Yards Lost 0-0 3-20

Pass Attempts 20 23
Completions 11 12
Passing Yards 149 165
Yards Per Attempt 7.4 7.1
Interceptions 0 2
Fumbles/Lost 2/0 1/0

Total Plays 63 58
Total Yards 325 308
Yards Per Play 5.1 5.3

3rd Down Plays 6/14 4/14

Penalties 6 2
Penalty Yards 45 25

Avg. Drive Start OWN 33 OWN 22
Time Of Possession 31:05 28:55

UAB Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
44 Forbes 15 103 6.8 29 1 2 0
11 Nolan 11 35 3.1 19 0 4 0
25 Stewart 11 28 2.5 8 0 5 0
21 Adachi 2 -4 -2.0 4 0 1 0
32 Maxwell 1 3 3.0 3 0 0 0
43 Bruce 1 2 2.0 2 0 0 0
30 Deberry 1 11 11.0 11 0 0 0
7 Prewitt 1 -2 -2.0 -2 0 1 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int
11 Nolan 20 11 149 7.4 32 0 0

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
81 Peters 5 55 11.0 13 18 0
44 Forbes 2 18 9.0 6 10 0
93 Lowe 2 51 25.5 0 32 0
21 Adachi 1 9 9.0 0 9 0
30 Deberry 1 16 16.0 0 16 0

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Other CUSA scores:
Cincinnati 28, Memphis 21 (the upset of the week)
Southern Miss 25, East Carolina 24 (wished I had saved the box score for that one)
TCU 52, Houston 7 (man, TCU's defense is looking good)
Louisville 16, S. Florida 12

STANDINGS:
School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak
TCU 6 1 0 .857 250 90 4 0 0 1.000 162 42 Won 4
Louisville 5 2 0 .714 176 163 4 0 0 1.000 107 69 Won 1
**UAB 5 2 0 .714 155 161 3 1 0 .750 97 92 Won 1
Southern Miss 3 4 0 .428 148 218 3 1 0 .750 117 70 Won 1
Memphis 4 3 0 .571 241 175 2 2 0 .500 123 96 Lost 1
Tulane 3 4 0 .428 113 174 2 3 0 .400 68 116 Lost 2
East Carolina 2 4 0 .333 141 142 1 3 0 .250 94 77 Lost 3
Houston 2 5 0 .285 101 318 1 3 0 .250 65 170 Lost 4
South Florida 1 6 0 .142 122 184 1 3 0 .250 86 92 Lost 1
Cincinnati 1 6 0 .142 106 262 1 3 0 .250 89 120 Won 1
Army 1 5 0 .166 117 184 1 4 0 .200 93 157 Lost 1

COACHES POLL - TOP 10
School Record Conf Coach Fans Ave Rank
Miami (FL) 6-0 ACC 1 4 2.50 2
Ohio State 7-0 B10 2 6 4.00 4
Georgia 7-0 SEC 3 5 4.00 5
Nebraska 7-0 B12 4 3 3.50 3
Texas 7-0 B12 5 1 3.00 1
Florida 7-0 SEC 6 2 4.00 6
Oklahoma 6-1 B12 7 7 7.00 7
Virginia Tech 6-0 ACC 8 8 8.00 13
Washington State 7-0 PAC 9 9 9.00 8
USC 5-1 PAC 10 12 11.00 12

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Injuries

PREVIOUS: Talley, Gomez
NEW: RB Moe Stewart is out 4 weeks with a hyperextended elbow. He was ineffective anyway. DT Zack Newsome is out 9 weeks with knee surgery and DT Kerry Leatherman is probable 5 weeks with bruised ribs.

Recruting
We had a lot of commitments this week. The top ones are:

S Brenden Springer
5-11, 183
Kinston, AL
Rating: 57++

We needed big help at safety, and we got it. #2 safety in Alabama. Great at interceptions. He'll probably start for us at least 3 years. Both our S recruits this year will help out a lot.

C Dale Peachey
6-3, 256
Sparta, TN (White County)
Rating: 64--

#3 center in Tennessee. Wanted to go far away for college, but we convinced him to come to Birmingham. Great at run blocking. Not so great at pass protection, but we don't pass that much anyway. May be an adequate C to replace senior Vernon Jordan.

OTHER COMMITMENTS:
DE Michael Davila (FL, 57-)
FB Percy Schulz (GA, 56+)
G Everett Lerner (GA, 34+)
DT Dominic Stowe (AL, 31+)
RB Luther Schneider (GA, 19-) - the RB situation in our area is terrible

[bbgunn]

It was an off week for the UAB Blazers, but there was other action in C-USA:

SCORES:
East Carolina 41, Army 14
TCU 45, Cincinnati 14
Tulane 31, Houston 24

School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak
TCU 7 1 0 .875 295 104 5 0 0 1.000 207 56 Won 5
Louisville 5 2 0 .714 176 163 4 0 0 1.000 107 69 Won 1
**UAB 5 2 0 .714 155 161 3 1 0 .750 97 92 Won 1
Southern Miss 3 4 0 .428 148 218 3 1 0 .750 117 70 Won 1
Memphis 4 3 0 .571 241 175 2 2 0 .500 123 96 Lost 1
Tulane 4 4 0 .500 144 198 3 3 0 .500 99 140 Won 1
East Carolina 3 4 0 .428 182 156 2 3 0 .400 135 91 Won 1
South Florida 1 6 0 .142 122 184 1 3 0 .250 86 92 Lost 1
Houston 2 6 0 .250 125 349 1 4 0 .200 89 201 Lost 5
Cincinnati 1 7 0 .125 120 307 1 4 0 .200 103 165 Lost 1
Army 1 6 0 .142 131 225 1 5 0 .166 107 198 Lost 2

COACHES POLL - TOP 25
School Record Conf Coach Fans Ave Rank
Miami (FL) 7-0 ACC 1 3 2.00 3
Nebraska 8-0 B12 2 2 2.00 1
Florida 8-0 SEC 3 1 2.00 2
Oklahoma 7-1 B12 4 4 4.00 4
Ohio State 7-1 B10 5 9 7.00 8
Georgia 7-1 SEC 6 8 7.00 7
Washington State 8-0 PAC 7 5 6.00 5
Texas 7-1 B12 8 6 7.00 6
Virginia 7-0 ACC 9 7 8.00 10
UCLA 7-1 PAC 10 10 10.00 11
Notre Dame 7-1 IND 11 11 11.00 9
Florida State 6-2 ACC 12 16 14.00 13
Texas A&M 7-1 B12 13 12 12.50 12
Virginia Tech 6-1 ACC 14 13 13.50 21
LSU 6-2 SEC 15 14 14.50 14
Michigan 6-3 B10 16 23 19.50 25
Utah 7-1 MWC 17 15 16.00 17
USC 5-2 PAC 18 22 20.00 23
Georgia Tech 6-1 ACC 19 25 22.00 19
Penn State 6-2 B10 20 19 19.50 15
Boston College 6-1 BET 21 20 20.50 20
Alabama 6-2 SEC 22 18 20.00 16
Wisconsin 6-2 B10 23 29 26.00 24
TCU 7-1 USA 24 21 22.50 28
Oregon 6-2 PAC 25 17 21.00 18
Note that TCU is now #24.

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South Florida (1-6) at UAB (5-2)
Coaches Poll: UAB #53, South Florida #108
Line: UAB by 17
Weather: 73 degrees, sunny
TV: none

UAB takes the field against one of the weaker C-USA teams, the South Florida Bulls, Saturday night at Legion Field. A win here would clinch a winning season in B.B. Gunn's first season as head coach and make the Blazers bowl-eligible.

This is definitely not a game that UAB should overlook. The Bulls run a veer running formation, which spells trouble for the Blazers' depleted defensive tackle ranks. However, UAB should have enough on defense to cause trouble to the Bulls' offense.

Our prediction: UAB 30, South Florida 21.

[Izulde]

Man, TCU is kicking some serious ass.

Reminds me of how they shredded the MWC IRL this year.

[bbgunn]

South Florida 31, UAB 23

BIRMINGHAM - After shocking people all season long, the Blazers were given a big shock as they lost to the lowly South Florida Bulls on Saturday night.

UAB's wishbone offense was effectively shut down for the first three quarters of the game, while the Bulls' rushing offense had success in the first half. The score was 21-9 South Florida going into the fourth.

UAB got back in the game in the fourth quarter, mainly due to the arm of QB Skip Nolan, who threw 2 TDs to WR Darrell Peters. However, South Florida was able to answer UAB's moves and hold on for the upset.

"Ridiculous," said coach B.B. Gunn after the game. "When the hallmark of your game is rushing, and you don't get any rushing, you lose."

Box Score: South Florida at UAB
Birmingham, AL.

Week 11, 2004

Attendance: 27,200 (83,100).


Weather: 73 degrees, fair.

1Q: 05:44 SFLA - Vernon Cate 1 pass from Levon Henry.
1Q: 05:44 SFLA - Jon Talley extra point.
1Q: 02:02 SFLA - James Kelley 81 punt return.
1Q: 02:02 SFLA - Jon Talley extra point.
2Q: 11:01 UABB - Blake Kerr 25 field goal.
2Q: 03:59 UABB - Blake Kerr 41 field goal.
2Q: 00:27 SFLA - Ralph Daniels 15 run.
2Q: 00:27 SFLA - Jon Talley extra point.
3Q: 02:51 UABB - Blake Kerr 36 field goal.
4Q: 09:12 SFLA - Jon Talley 39 field goal.
4Q: 05:13 UABB - Darrell Peters 14 pass from Skip Nolan.
4Q: 05:13 UABB - Blake Kerr extra point.
4Q: 02:41 SFLA - Arnie Newsome 12 run.
4Q: 02:41 SFLA - Jon Talley extra point.
4Q: 01:44 UABB - Darrell Peters 14 pass from Skip Nolan.
4Q: 01:44 UABB - Blake Kerr extra point.

Game MVP: SFLA 41 Ralph Daniels

South Florida 14 7 0 10 - 31
UAB 0 6 3 14 - 23

Team Statistics SFLA UABB

First Downs 18 18

Total Rushes 45 31
Net Rushing Yards 197 104
Yards Per Carry 4.3 3.3
Rushing Yards 214 120
Tckld Loss/Yards 7-12 7-16
Sacked/Yards Lost 1-5 0-0

Pass Attempts 23 25
Completions 11 18
Passing Yards 109 203
Yards Per Attempt 4.7 8.1
Interceptions 0 0
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 1/0

Total Plays 68 56
Total Yards 306 307
Yards Per Play 4.5 5.4

3rd Down Plays 7/16 4/12

Penalties 4 2
Penalty Yards 26 15

Avg. Drive Start OWN 33 OWN 31
Time Of Possession 31:50 28:10

UAB Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
25 Stewart 12 36 3.0 10 0 4 0
44 Forbes 10 22 2.2 14 0 6 0
11 Nolan 6 44 7.3 21 0 2 0
21 Adachi 2 5 2.5 4 0 0 0
30 Deberry 1 -3 -3.0 -3 0 1 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int
11 Nolan 25 18 203 8.1 47 2 0

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
81 Peters 7 134 19.1 65 47 2
43 Bruce 4 14 3.5 7 11 0
93 Lowe 2 26 13.0 10 19 0
7 Prewitt 2 12 6.0 5 8 0
44 Forbes 1 16 16.0 14 16 0
25 Stewart 1 -1 -1.0 0 -1 0
30 Deberry 1 2 2.0 0 2 0

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SCORES:
Air Force 38, Army 10
Southern Miss 42, Cincinnati 13
Houston 41, East Carolina 24
Memphis 38, Louisville 35 (my, how the Cardinals are falling)
Tulane 24, Navy 14

STANDINGS:
TCU 7 1 0 .875 295 104 5 0 0 1.000 207 56 Won 5
Louisville 5 3 0 .625 211 201 4 1 0 .800 142 107 Lost 1
Southern Miss 4 4 0 .500 190 231 4 1 0 .800 159 83 Won 2
**UAB 5 3 0 .625 178 192 3 2 0 .600 120 123 Lost 1
Memphis 5 3 0 .625 279 210 3 2 0 .600 161 131 Won 1
Tulane 5 4 0 .555 168 212 3 3 0 .500 99 140 Won 2
South Florida 2 6 0 .250 153 207 2 3 0 .400 117 115 Won 1
Houston 3 6 0 .333 166 373 2 4 0 .333 130 225 Won 1
East Carolina 3 5 0 .375 206 197 2 4 0 .333 159 132 Lost 1
Army 1 7 0 .125 141 263 1 5 0 .166 107 198 Lost 3
Cincinnati 1 8 0 .111 133 349 1 5 0 .166 116 207 Lost 2

COACHES POLL - TOP 25
School Record Conf Coach Fans Ave Rank
Miami (FL) 8-0 ACC 1 3 2.00 3
Nebraska 9-0 B12 2 2 2.00 4
Florida 9-0 SEC 3 1 2.00 1
Oklahoma 8-1 B12 4 4 4.00 2
Ohio State 8-1 B10 5 8 6.50 8
Georgia 8-1 SEC 6 7 6.50 9
Texas 8-1 B12 7 5 6.00 5
Virginia 8-0 ACC 8 6 7.00 10
UCLA 8-1 PAC 9 9 9.00 7
Notre Dame 8-1 IND 10 10 10.00 6
Florida State 7-2 ACC 11 14 12.50 11
Virginia Tech 7-1 ACC 12 12 12.00 16
Washington State 8-1 PAC 13 11 12.00 12
USC 6-2 PAC 14 17 15.50 14
Penn State 7-2 B10 15 18 16.50 15
Boston College 7-1 BET 16 16 16.00 17
LSU 6-2 SEC 17 13 15.00 13
Alabama 7-2 SEC 18 15 16.50 18
Michigan 6-3 B10 19 24 21.50 25
Wisconsin 7-2 B10 20 25 22.50 19
Texas A&M 7-2 B12 21 20 20.50 20
Auburn 7-2 SEC 22 22 22.00 26
TCU 7-1 USA 23 19 21.00 24
Colorado 7-2 B12 24 21 22.50 22
South Carolina 7-2 SEC 25 23 24.00 23
Despite having a week off, TCU moves up one spot to #23.

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Injuries

CONTINUING: DE Talley, RB Stewart, DT Leatherman, DT Newsome. All but Newsome are playing through the pain.
NEW: None.

Recruiting

A very big commitment today:

CB Bart Roberson
6-2, 176
Mobile, AL (Lillie B Williamson)
Rating: 90-

Whoo-hoo! This was our number one prospect, and he signed! #3 overall prospect in Alabama, #1 CB. Perhaps UAB's biggest signing ever. He's tall and can really grab those picks. The scouting report says his weakness is run defense, but he had 4.5 sacks this year in high school. Also, we should keep an eye on his attitude; he's an attention-seeker. But if all goes well, he'll be one of the best defensive players in Division I-A.

Other commitments:
QB Deron Cox (AL, 31-)
T Marlon Coates (AL, 15+) - the tackle situation is weak in our area, too. I may have to relax our recruiting limits a little next year.

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Man, TCU is kicking some serious ass.

Reminds me of how they shredded the MWC IRL this year.

Definitely. I wouldn't be surprised to see this TCU team run the table the same way.

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Houston (3-6) at UAB (5-3)
Coaches Poll: UAB #61, Houston #88
Line: UAB by 10
Weather: 76 degrees, sunny
TV: none

UAB will try to regroup from that terrible shock loss to South Florida with a game against the Houston Cougars on Saturday night at Legion Field.

Houston features a simple balanced offense that has done surprisingly well this season, especially in the run. Their top running back already has over 1000 yards this year. However, the main reason why Houston is 3-6 and in 8th place in C-USA is their terrible defense. They are near the bottom in almost every defensive category. They have given up more than 40 points five times this season.

Unlike last week, UAB should be able to put up a lot of points on the board when it matters. The key to winning the game will be for the defensive line to shut down Houston's run. Our prediction: UAB 38, Houston 28.

*****
BOWL CHANCES DONE?

The loss to South Florida last week may have already killed the Blazers' chances of going to a postseason bowl. Conference USA has two bowl tie-ins. The champion faces the ACC #5 in the Emerald Bowl in Seattle, while the #2 team faces the Big East #2 in the Portland Bowl.

Barring a catastrophe, TCU will be the C-USA champions and go to Seattle. For UAB to go to Portland, they would have to win all three of their final games, then they need Louisville to lose two games. They might need Southern Miss to lose two games as well. This, while not impossible, looks very unlikely.

*****
INTERVIEW

The Houston game is the last home game of the year for the Blazers, and several seniors will be honored at Legion Field on Saturday. UAB Sports Daily spoke with the two best known seniors on the team, QB Skip Nolan and RB Bobby Forbes.

Bobby, you really broke through this year as a top running back. And Skip, you had a very consistent year as well. What was the secret to your success?

FORBES: Well, basically it was the system that Coach Gunn put in. With an extra back in the backfield, defenses are confused, and I felt I could take a lot of defenses by surprise with my skills.

NOLAN: Definitely the system helped. With some good running backs behind me, the pressure was off to win the game on my own. I could go out there, run the offense and not worry too much.

Do you think that UAB can become a top team under Gunn?

NOLAN: No doubt. I mean... it is tough. We have Alabama and Auburn in the same state, so UAB might be down for a while. But given time, and a few good winning seasons, UAB will be up there with those two.

Did having a lot of seniors help UAB achieve success this year?

FORBES: I think so. I mean, the season's not over yet. Hopefully we'll achieve a winning season. That would be success. But anyway, yeah, the seniors on this team really stepped up and embraced the new system. Coach Gunn put a lot of trust in the seniors and they really responded.

Any messages to the fans?

FORBES: Thanks to all the people wearing green and gold. You stood by us through thick and thin, and I'm thankful.

NOLAN: Me too. We're gonna finish the season strong for y'all, and we'll give you a good game Saturday night.

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UAB 28, Houston 14

BIRMINGHAM - RB Bobby Forbes scored 3 touchdowns as UAB knocked off the Houston Cougars in Conference USA action on Saturday night, becoming bowl eligible.

Almost 30,000 fans watched a treat as UAB (6-3) had its most rushing yards in a game this season with 260. Forbes led all rushers with 93 yards, just shy of his fifth 100 yard game of the year. Junior RB Moe Stewart had a big game as well, running for 91 yards and a TD.

In the first quarter, UAB looked like they were in trouble. Similar to the beginning of the South Florida loss, UAB let Houston (3-7) gain an early lead, as Cougar QB Emmanuel Cassidy threw 2 TDs to wideout Derrick Vaughn. However, in the second quarter, UAB's wishbone stepped it up and took over with a few great drives. With time to rest, the defense did the rest, dominating the Cougars in the final 3 quarters and not allowing a single point.

The MVP of the game, perhaps appropriately, was T Mo Gomez, who helped the wishbone with several key blocks. QB Skip Nolan had a good passing game, going 12-for-16 with 179 yards, but his stats took a hit with 1 INT.

Box Score: Houston at UAB
Birmingham, AL.

Week 12, 2004

Attendance: 29,700 (83,100).


Weather: 76 degrees, fair.

1Q: 06:33 HOUS - Derrick Vaughn 35 pass from Emmanuel Cassidy.
1Q: 06:33 HOUS - Ralph Warden extra point.
1Q: 00:58 HOUS - Derrick Vaughn 9 pass from Emmanuel Cassidy.
1Q: 00:58 HOUS - Ralph Warden extra point.
2Q: 13:51 UABB - Moe Stewart 9 run.
2Q: 13:51 UABB - Blake Kerr extra point.
2Q: 04:05 UABB - Bobby Forbes 12 run.
2Q: 04:05 UABB - Blake Kerr extra point.
4Q: 11:46 UABB - Bobby Forbes 1 run.
4Q: 11:46 UABB - Blake Kerr extra point.
4Q: 02:56 UABB - Bobby Forbes 4 run.
4Q: 02:56 UABB - Blake Kerr extra point.

Game MVP: UABB 70 Mo Gomez

Houston 14 0 0 0 - 14
UAB 0 14 0 14 - 28

Team Statistics HOUS UABB

First Downs 22 27

Total Rushes 37 44
Net Rushing Yards 176 260
Yards Per Carry 4.7 5.9
Rushing Yards 195 267
Tckld Loss/Yards 0-0 1-1
Sacked/Yards Lost 3-19 1-6

Pass Attempts 22 16
Completions 13 12
Passing Yards 170 179
Yards Per Attempt 7.7 11.1
Interceptions 2 1
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 2/1

Total Plays 59 60
Total Yards 346 439
Yards Per Play 5.8 7.3

3rd Down Plays 4/11 7/10

Penalties 7 5
Penalty Yards 41 48

Avg. Drive Start OWN 22 OWN 25
Time Of Possession 29:44 30:16

UAB Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
44 Forbes 16 93 5.8 15 3 0 0
25 Stewart 15 91 6.0 13 1 0 0
11 Nolan 11 69 6.2 26 0 1 1
43 Bruce 2 7 3.5 5 0 0 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int
11 Nolan 16 12 179 11.1 39 0 1

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
93 Lowe 3 44 14.6 12 19 0
7 Prewitt 3 47 15.6 15 18 0
44 Forbes 2 16 8.0 1 10 0
25 Stewart 2 49 24.5 5 39 0
81 Peters 2 23 11.5 7 13 0

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SCORES:
Tulane 42, Army 7
#23 TCU 24, Louisville 10 (go ahead and give the trophy to TCU)
South Florida 48, East Carolina 24 (all of a sudden, USF is hot)
Memphis 27, Southern Miss 24

School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak
TCU 8 1 0 .888 319 114 6 0 0 1.000 231 66 Won 6
**UAB 6 3 0 .666 206 206 4 2 0 .666 148 137 Won 1
Memphis 6 3 0 .666 306 234 4 2 0 .666 188 155 Won 2
Louisville 5 4 0 .555 221 225 4 2 0 .666 152 131 Lost 2
Southern Miss 4 5 0 .444 214 258 4 2 0 .666 183 110 Lost 1
Tulane 6 4 0 .600 210 219 4 3 0 .571 141 147 Won 3
South Florida 3 6 0 .333 201 231 3 3 0 .500 165 139 Won 2
Houston 3 7 0 .300 180 401 2 5 0 .285 144 253 Lost 1
East Carolina 3 6 0 .333 230 245 2 5 0 .285 183 180 Lost 2
Cincinnati 1 8 0 .111 133 349 1 5 0 .166 116 207 Lost 2
Army 1 8 0 .111 148 305 1 6 0 .142 114 240 Lost 4
COACHES TOP 25
School Record Conf Coach Fans Ave Rank
Nebraska 10-0 B12 1 2 1.50 2
Florida 10-0 SEC 2 1 1.50 1
Miami (FL) 8-1 ACC 3 5 4.00 7
Ohio State 9-1 B10 4 7 5.50 4
Georgia 9-1 SEC 5 6 5.50 5
Texas 9-1 B12 6 3 4.50 9
Virginia 9-0 ACC 7 4 5.50 8
Notre Dame 9-1 IND 8 8 8.00 3
Oklahoma 8-2 B12 9 9 9.00 6
Florida State 8-2 ACC 10 13 11.50 11
Virginia Tech 7-1 ACC 11 11 11.00 17
Washington State 9-1 PAC 12 10 11.00 12
USC 7-2 PAC 13 16 14.50 15
Penn State 8-2 B10 14 15 14.50 14
UCLA 8-2 PAC 15 14 14.50 13
LSU 7-2 SEC 16 12 14.00 10
Michigan 7-3 B10 17 18 17.50 18
Wisconsin 8-2 B10 18 19 18.50 16
TCU 8-1 USA 19 17 18.00 22
Utah 8-2 MWC 20 20 20.00 21
Georgia Tech 7-2 ACC 21 30 25.50 25
Alabama 7-3 SEC 22 24 23.00 20
Boston College 7-2 BET 23 26 24.50 24
West Virginia 8-2 BET 24 32 28.00 31
Colorado State 8-2 MWC 25 21 23.00 19
TCU's steadily climbing up the charts (now #19) and giving Conference USA some national love. Meanwhile, the BCS is getting settled with Nebraska and Florida looking like the final #1 and #2. I don't know why Virginia's not getting any respect. They beet Florida State and Miami.

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Injuries

PREVIOUS: Talley, Stewart, Leatherman, Newsome. All but Newsome (out for the year) are playing through the pain.
NEW: We lost TWO fullbacks in the Houston game: Jr. Leslie Deberry (hamstring, 18 weeks) and Fr. Bill Buckley (torn Achilles, 13 weeks). The good news is that neither are starters, but if Patrick Bruce goes down (and his endurance is suspect), we have no more fullbacks. We also lost one of our leading CBs, Dennis Kennedy, for the year. He has 2 more years remaining, though.

Recruiting Commitments
Two more, but no need to go in detail with these guys.

P Eddie Harper (AL, 45-)
DE Howie Harms (TN, 30+) - I hope his name's not a bad omen.

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UAB (6-3) at Army (1-8)
Coaches Poll: UAB #56, Army #117
Line: UAB by 14 (UAB's been favored in every game this year except the Florida State game - amazing)
Weather: 48 degrees, sunny
TV: none

Fresh off of a win in their last home game of the year, UAB goes on their longest road trip of the season to frigid New York state to face Army.

This is a game that UAB must win if it hopes to remain in that all-important 2nd-place spot in the Conference USA standings. On paper, looks like an easy win. Army runs a run-and-shoot offense, and surprisingly UAB has been effective against such offenses. Moreover, Army has been blown out in 5 of their last 6 games.

UAB will be very cautious, especially after the South Florida debacle. We think they'll pull off a win. Our prediction: UAB 41, Army 27.

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UAB 31, Army 27

WEST POINT, NY - UAB came away with the victory, but they almost let it get away from them.

After an early field goal by Army, UAB (7-3) took over, gaining 4 TDs in the first half: 2 rushing, 1 passing and one on an 88-yard interception return by walk-on freshman CB Lincoln Medley to end the first half. Going into the locker room, the score was 31-10.

From that point on, it was all Army (1-9). The Black Knights put together some impressive drives in the 2nd half, pulling within 4 points of the Blazers. Army could have very well won the game in the West Point cold had it not been for a costly fumble and interception late in the 4th.

"The final score was in our favor, but we didn't win the game," said a disgusted B.B. Gunn after the win. "If we want to be taken seriously, we gotta close games."

The MVP was senior RB Bobby Forbes, who had his 5th 100-yard game (111 today), along with 3 TDs, one of them on a pass from QB Skip Nolan, who had another consistant day as well.

Box Score: UAB at Army
West Point, NY.

Week 13, 2004

Attendance: 18,900 (40,000).


Weather: 48 degrees, fair.

1Q: 11:06 ARMY - Ronnie Kanpurwala 31 field goal.
1Q: 06:30 UABB - Bobby Forbes 4 run.
1Q: 06:30 UABB - Blake Kerr extra point.
1Q: 04:00 UABB - Bobby Forbes 9 pass from Skip Nolan.
1Q: 04:00 UABB - Blake Kerr extra point.
2Q: 06:59 UABB - Blake Kerr 23 field goal.
2Q: 04:08 UABB - Bobby Forbes 28 run.
2Q: 04:08 UABB - Blake Kerr extra point.
2Q: 02:50 ARMY - Todd White 23 pass from Lawrence Reeves.
2Q: 02:50 ARMY - Ronnie Kanpurwala extra point.
2Q: 00:35 UABB - Lincoln Medley 88 interception return.
2Q: 00:35 UABB - Blake Kerr extra point.
3Q: 04:57 ARMY - Jason Briscoe 1 pass from Lawrence Reeves.
3Q: 04:57 ARMY - Ronnie Kanpurwala extra point.
3Q: 01:58 ARMY - John Downs 29 run.
3Q: 01:58 ARMY - Ronnie Kanpurwala extra point.
4Q: 09:11 ARMY - Ronnie Kanpurwala 40 field goal.

Game MVP: UABB 44 Bobby Forbes

UAB 14 17 0 0 - 31
Army 3 7 14 3 - 27

Team Statistics UABB ARMY

First Downs 22 22

Total Rushes 48 16
Net Rushing Yards 199 80
Yards Per Carry 4.1 5.0
Rushing Yards 229 96
Tckld Loss/Yards 5-10 2-4
Sacked/Yards Lost 3-20 2-12

Pass Attempts 18 51
Completions 10 26
Passing Yards 161 301
Yards Per Attempt 8.9 5.9
Interceptions 0 2
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 1/1

Total Plays 66 67
Total Yards 360 381
Yards Per Play 5.4 5.6

3rd Down Plays 5/13 4/12

Penalties 7 9
Penalty Yards 67 71

Avg. Drive Start OWN 23 OWN 31
Time Of Possession 32:32 27:28

UAB Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
44 Forbes 22 111 5.0 28 2 6 0
11 Nolan 13 4 0.3 13 0 3 3
25 Stewart 6 31 5.1 10 0 0 0
81 Peters 3 36 12.0 23 0 0 0
21 Adachi 2 9 4.5 5 0 0 0
43 Bruce 2 8 4.0 4 0 0 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int
11 Nolan 18 10 161 8.9 48 1 0

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
7 Prewitt 3 55 18.3 13 22 0
81 Peters 2 61 30.5 3 48 0
44 Forbes 1 9 9.0 6 9 1
25 Stewart 1 6 6.0 0 6 0
21 Adachi 1 13 13.0 7 13 0
43 Bruce 1 6 6.0 4 6 0
36 Hildebrandt 1 11 11.0 7 11 0

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SCORES:
#19 TCU 34, Southern Miss 27 (this one officially clinches the conference for TCU)
South Florida 43, Cincinnati 14 (watch out for USF next year)
East Carolina 42, Memphis 16
Louisville 42, Houston 7

TCU 9 1 0 .900 353 141 7 0 0 1.000 265 93 Won 7
**UAB 7 3 0 .700 237 233 5 2 0 .714 179 164 Won 2
Louisville 6 4 0 .600 263 232 5 2 0 .714 194 138 Won 1
Memphis 6 4 0 .600 322 276 4 3 0 .571 204 197 Lost 1
Tulane 6 4 0 .600 210 219 4 3 0 .571 141 147 Won 3
Southern Miss 4 6 0 .400 241 292 4 3 0 .571 210 144 Lost 2
South Florida 4 6 0 .400 244 245 4 3 0 .571 208 153 Won 3
East Carolina 4 6 0 .400 272 261 3 5 0 .375 225 196 Won 1
Houston 3 8 0 .272 187 443 2 6 0 .250 151 295 Lost 2
Cincinnati 1 9 0 .100 147 392 1 6 0 .142 130 250 Lost 3
Army 1 9 0 .100 175 336 1 7 0 .125 141 271 Lost 5
We're in good position for that Portland Bowl, and we're ahead of Louisville in the power rankings. But we have to play So. Miss on the road, while Louisville gets Cincinnati at home. We need something big to happen.

COACHES TOP 25
School Record Conf Coach Fans Ave Rank
Florida 11-0 SEC 1 1 1.00 1
Nebraska 10-0 B12 2 2 2.00 2
Miami (FL) 9-1 ACC 3 5 4.00 8
Georgia 9-1 SEC 4 6 5.00 5
Texas 9-1 B12 5 4 4.50 7
Virginia 10-0 ACC 6 3 4.50 4
Oklahoma 9-2 B12 7 7 7.00 6
Notre Dame 9-1 IND 8 8 8.00 3
Ohio State 9-2 B10 9 12 10.50 11
Virginia Tech 8-1 ACC 10 10 10.00 16
Washington State 10-1 PAC 11 9 10.00 10
LSU 8-2 SEC 12 11 11.50 9
USC 7-2 PAC 13 15 14.00 15
Michigan 8-3 B10 14 16 15.00 14
Wisconsin 9-2 B10 15 17 16.00 13
UCLA 8-2 PAC 16 13 14.50 12
Florida State 8-3 ACC 17 19 18.00 17
TCU 9-1 USA 18 14 16.00 24
Utah 9-2 MWC 19 18 18.50 20
Penn State 8-3 B10 20 22 21.00 19
Boston College 8-2 BET 21 24 22.50 21
Alabama 8-3 SEC 22 21 21.50 22
Colorado State 9-2 MWC 23 20 21.50 18
Kansas State 8-3 B12 24 28 26.00 28
West Virginia 8-2 BET 25 29 27.00 27
TCU climbs to #18. Meanwhile, it's looking more and more like Florida and Nebraska for the championship. We'll see after the conference championships.

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In the Coach's Office

Walk-on freshman CB Lincoln Medley, he of the 88-yard INT TD return, walked into the office today and asked for a scholarship for his contributions to the team. His timing couldn't have been better. Seeing that he was the difference between us winning and losing against Army, and seeing that he's actually as good as our scholarship CBs, talent-wise, we went ahead and gave it to him. Hopefully he'll give us 3 more years of TD returns.

Injuries
PREVIOUS: Newsome, Kennedy, Deberry, Buckley out for the year, and Talley, Stewart, Leatherman playing through the pain.
NEW: none

Recruiting Commitments
Two more commitments today:

T Earl Charles (TN, 32-)
WR Matt Lang (TN, 30+)

With 16 guys now committed, we can concentrate on ball games the rest of the way.

Useless Facts
* With 12+, UAB is tied for the 10th best turnover ratio in Division I-A, and is also tops in C-USA. That's the difference between finishing next-to-last, as predicted in the preseason, and being in 2nd place now. We've had only 6 turnovers (3 fumbles, 3 interceptions), while our opponents have had 18 - 16 of them interceptions. How about our CBs this year! With the great safeties we recruited this year, our secondary has to be the best in C-USA for the next few years.

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UAB (7-3) at Southern Miss (4-6)
Coaches Poll: UAB #49, Southern Miss #80
Line: pick 'em
Weather: 50 degrees, rainy
TV: TV5

In the last game for both teams, UAB travels to Hattiesburg to face Southern Miss. Southern Miss will be playing for pride and a respectable showing in C-USA, while UAB is playing for much more, the second of C-USA's two bowl bids.

This is a must win for UAB. A loss would probably knock UAB out of a bowl. Even a win is not a guarantee, as bowl organizations may look to Louisville's loyal fans when making bowl selections. All of this puts pressure on the Blazers to play a good game. However, who would have thought that UAB would even be in this position in Week 14?

The rainy weather forecast favors UAB a bit. However, Southern Miss's running game looked splendid against C-USA champs TCU last week. We hate to be pessimists, but we don't see the Blazers pulling this out. Our prediction: Southern Miss 31, UAB 28.

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Southern Miss 41, UAB 0

HATTIESBURG, MS - Nobody saw this beatdown coming.

Southern Miss (5-6) ended their season on a good note, and perhaps ended UAB's season as well, by pounding the Blazers into oblivion. The Golden Eagles dominated all aspects of the game, gaining almost 300 yards rushing and over 250 yards passing, while holding UAB (7-4) to just 23 and 70, respectively.

Box Score: UAB at Southern Miss
Hattiesburg, MS.

Week 14, 2004

Attendance: 23,500 (33,000).


Weather: 50 degrees, rain.

1Q: 05:39 SMIS - J.C. Kirk 17 pass from Bobby Fuamatu-Ma'afala.
1Q: 05:39 SMIS - Leslie Fisher extra point.
1Q: 02:54 SMIS - Vincent Rutter 45 run.
1Q: 02:54 SMIS - Leslie Fisher extra point.
2Q: 11:07 SMIS - Leslie Fisher 40 field goal.
2Q: 04:10 SMIS - Bobby Fuamatu-Ma'afala 1 run.
2Q: 04:10 SMIS - Leslie Fisher extra point.
3Q: 03:43 SMIS - J.C. Kirk 3 run.
3Q: 03:43 SMIS - Leslie Fisher extra point.
3Q: 00:18 SMIS - Artie Turnbull 9 run.
3Q: 00:18 SMIS - Leslie Fisher extra point.
4Q: 06:14 SMIS - Leslie Fisher 25 field goal.

Game MVP: SMIS 57 Kerry Hitchcock

UAB 0 0 0 0 - 0
Southern Miss 14 10 14 3 - 41

Team Statistics UABB SMIS

First Downs 6 32

Total Rushes 24 49
Net Rushing Yards 23 297
Yards Per Carry 0.9 6.0
Rushing Yards 46 318
Tckld Loss/Yards 3-4 2-9
Sacked/Yards Lost 3-19 2-12

Pass Attempts 23 26
Completions 6 17
Passing Yards 70 260
Yards Per Attempt 3.0 10.0
Interceptions 1 0
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 4/1

Total Plays 47 75
Total Yards 93 557
Yards Per Play 1.9 7.4

3rd Down Plays 3/14 8/13

Penalties 6 5
Penalty Yards 55 49

Avg. Drive Start OWN 27 OWN 34
Time Of Possession 20:55 39:05

UAB Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
11 Nolan 7 -15 -2.1 2 0 1 3
44 Forbes 7 21 3.0 10 0 3 0
21 Adachi 5 8 1.6 4 0 2 0
25 Stewart 4 6 1.5 4 0 1 0
43 Bruce 1 3 3.0 3 0 0 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int
11 Nolan 23 6 70 3.0 29 0 1

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
32 Maxwell 1 9 9.0 4 9 0
44 Forbes 1 29 29.0 0 29 0
25 Stewart 1 3 3.0 0 3 0
21 Adachi 1 9 9.0 0 9 0
93 Lowe 1 10 10.0 1 10 0
81 Peters 1 10 10.0 0 10 0

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SCORES:
N.C. State 42, East Carolina 21
Cincinnati 34, Louisville 31 (nice!)
Memphis 14, South Florida 10
#18 TCU 28, Tulane 10

School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak
TCU 10 1 0 .909 381 144 8 0 0 1.000 293 96 Won 8
**UAB 7 4 0 .636 237 274 5 3 0 .625 179 205 Lost 1
Memphis 7 4 0 .636 336 286 5 3 0 .625 218 207 Won 1
Louisville 6 5 0 .545 294 266 5 3 0 .625 225 172 Lost 1
Southern Miss 5 6 0 .454 282 292 5 3 0 .625 251 144 Won 1
Tulane 6 5 0 .545 213 247 4 4 0 .500 144 175 Lost 1
South Florida 4 7 0 .363 254 259 4 4 0 .500 218 167 Lost 1
East Carolina 4 7 0 .363 293 303 3 5 0 .375 225 196 Lost 1
Houston 3 8 0 .272 187 443 2 6 0 .250 151 295 Lost 2
Cincinnati 2 9 0 .181 181 423 2 6 0 .250 164 281 Won 1
Army 1 9 0 .100 175 336 1 7 0 .125 141 271 Lost 5
We finish in a 4-way tie for 2nd place. Our bowl chances don't look good, as Lousiville and Memphis may prove more attractive to bowl boards. Our fingers are crossed.

COACHES TOP 25
School Record Conf Coach Fans Ave Rank
Nebraska 11-0 B12 1 2 1.50 2
Florida 11-0 SEC 2 1 1.50 1
Miami (FL) 9-1 ACC 3 5 4.00 8
Georgia 10-1 SEC 4 6 5.00 3
Texas 10-1 B12 5 4 4.50 6
Virginia 11-0 ACC 6 3 4.50 4
Oklahoma 9-2 B12 7 7 7.00 5
Ohio State 9-2 B10 8 10 9.00 12
Washington State 10-1 PAC 9 8 8.50 10
LSU 9-2 SEC 10 9 9.50 7
USC 8-2 PAC 11 11 11.00 11
Notre Dame 9-2 IND 12 12 12.00 9
Michigan 8-3 B10 13 17 15.00 15
Wisconsin 9-2 B10 14 16 15.00 14
UCLA 8-2 PAC 15 13 14.00 13
Florida State 8-3 ACC 16 19 17.50 16
TCU 10-1 USA 17 14 15.50 23
Virginia Tech 8-2 ACC 18 15 16.50 22
Boston College 9-2 BET 19 21 20.00 19
Utah 9-2 MWC 20 18 19.00 21
Penn State 8-3 B10 21 24 22.50 18
Alabama 8-3 SEC 22 23 22.50 24
West Virginia 9-2 BET 23 25 24.00 25
Colorado State 9-2 MWC 24 22 23.00 17
Kansas State 8-3 B12 25 26 25.50 26
TCU is now #17.

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Injuries
NEW: Walk-on freshman S Cole Corbett is out for the year with a dislocated elbow, and backup T Mark LaPorte is probable with a broken hand.

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CONFERENCE USA SCORE:
Army 16, Navy 10

NATIONAL SCORES:
#1 Nebraska beats Texas 24-17 in the Big 12 championship, while #2 Florida beats LSU 27-17 in the SEC championship to set up the national title game.

BOWL BIDS
Ladies and gentlemen... the season is over for the UAB Blazers. Despite UAB beating Memphis during the season, the Tigers are chosen by the Portland Bowl directors to face 9-2 Boston College during the first week of bowls.

"Ultimately, it was in our hands and we let it get away," said UAB coach B.B. Gunn. "Losses to So. Miss and So. Florida really killed us as far as the bowl bids go."

#17 TCU will face 7-4 Georgia Tech in the Emerald Bowl in Seattle.

Injuries

RB Moe Stewart is now injury-free. But we can't use him now. :(

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NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
#1 Nebraska takes the championship, beating #2 Florida 28-17.

C-USA BOWLS
The conference didn't do too well. TCU lost to Georgia Tech 27-20, and Memphis lost to Boston College 33-21.

HEISMAN TROPHY
The winner is QB Darren Wheeler out of Georgia. He threw for almost 3600 yards and exactly 42 TD passes. He's just a junior.

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Final C-USA Standings, 2004
School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak
TCU 10 2 0 .833 401 171 8 0 0 1.000 293 96 Lost 1
**UAB 7 4 0 .636 237 274 5 3 0 .625 179 205 Lost 1
Memphis 7 5 0 .583 357 319 5 3 0 .625 218 207 Lost 1
Louisville 6 5 0 .545 294 266 5 3 0 .625 225 172 Lost 1
Southern Miss 5 6 0 .454 282 292 5 3 0 .625 251 144 Won 1
Tulane 6 5 0 .545 213 247 4 4 0 .500 144 175 Lost 1
South Florida 4 7 0 .363 254 259 4 4 0 .500 218 167 Lost 1
East Carolina 4 7 0 .363 293 303 3 5 0 .375 225 196 Lost 1
Houston 3 8 0 .272 187 443 2 6 0 .250 151 295 Lost 2
Cincinnati 2 9 0 .181 181 423 2 6 0 .250 164 281 Won 1
Army 2 9 0 .181 191 346 1 7 0 .125 141 271 Won 1

UAB Summary

The College Years
2004 Summary for UAB

Record: 7-4
Rank: 56

UAB Team Rank
Rushes 443 36
Rushing Yards 1759 32
Yards Per Carry 3.97 32
Pass Attempts 228 121 (T)
Completions 119 118
Passing Yards 1527 109
Yards Per Attempt 6.69 63
3rd Down Conversions 37.3 47
Points Per Game 21.5 81
Turnovers 7 1 (T)
Turnover Margin +12 14

Opponents Team Rank
Rushes 362 26
Rushing Yards 1503 70 (T)
Yards Per Carry 4.15 82 (T)
Pass Attempts 334 58 (T)
Completions 189 77 (T)
Passing Yards 2647 99
Yards Per Attempt 7.92 103 (T)
3rd Down Conversions 40.4 101
Points Per Game 24.9 65
Turnovers 19 84 (T)

Primary Formation: Wishbone Formation

Week Team Versus Oppnt
2 24 BAYL (86) 13
4 10 at FLST (18) 42
5 34 MEMP (60) 20
6 34 at CINC (108) 24
7 24 at MSST (96) 14
8 6 TCUU (19) 38
9 23 at TULA (64) 10
11 23 SFLA (85) 31
12 28 HOUS (98) 14
13 31 at ARMY (113) 27
14 0 at SMIS (73) 41

Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int
11 Nolan QB 227 119 1527 6.72 8 4
Team --- 228 119 1527 6.69 8 4

Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD Stff YdLst
44 Forbes RB 181 893 4.93 12 45 65
25 Stewart RB 119 510 4.28 2 23 21
11 Nolan QB 101 194 1.92 2 44 144
Team --- 443 1759 3.97 17 118 244

Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc YAC TD
7 Prewitt WR 48 24 391 16.2 161 4
81 Peters WR 43 20 344 17.2 101 2
25 Stewart RB 34 17 141 8.2 25 0
93 Lowe TE 32 15 244 16.2 38 1
44 Forbes RB 22 15 149 9.9 46 1
43 Bruce FB 17 9 59 6.5 31 0
21 Adachi RB 13 9 95 10.5 23 0
Team --- 228 119 1527 12.8 458 8

Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack TFL Ints Defn
45 Barrett OLB 50 11 3.0 7 0 1
41 Sanford ILB 48 19 2.0 7 0 6
58 Morgenstern OLB 46 14 0.0 3 0 2
75 Lazetti DE 37 18 8.5 8 0 0
24 Kennedy CB 37 11 0.0 1 6 1
33 McElroy S 34 14 0.0 2 3 4
91 Singleton DE 32 12 3.0 3 0 0
55 Rayburn ILB 31 9 0.0 3 1 0
39 Jordan CB 29 4 0.0 4 0 3
31 Bruce CB 23 6 1.0 3 0 1
38 Phillips CB 22 6 2.0 2 3 2
51 Harvey ILB 19 4 0.0 0 0 1
23 Rudy S 19 8 1.0 2 0 2
46 Corbett S 17 14 0.0 0 1 3
98 Newsome DT 16 9 1.0 2 0 0
95 Leatherman DT 14 12 4.0 6 0 1
74 Stephenson DE 11 7 2.0 2 0 0
Team --- 586 196 33.0 62 16 30

FINAL COACHES TOP 25
School Record Conf Coach Fans Ave Rank
Nebraska 13-0 B12 1 1 1.00 1
Georgia 11-1 SEC 2 3 2.50 2
Florida 12-1 SEC 3 2 2.50 3
Oklahoma 10-2 B12 4 4 4.00 4
Miami (FL) 10-2 ACC 5 7 6.00 9
Washington State 11-1 PAC 6 5 5.50 6
USC 10-2 PAC 7 8 7.50 5
Virginia 11-1 ACC 8 6 7.00 8
Notre Dame 10-2 IND 9 9 9.00 7
Michigan 9-3 B10 10 12 11.00 12
Wisconsin 10-2 B10 11 13 12.00 13
Texas 10-3 B12 12 10 11.00 11
Ohio State 9-3 B10 13 15 14.00 14
LSU 10-3 SEC 14 11 12.50 10
Boston College 10-2 BET 15 14 14.50 15
Alabama 9-3 SEC 16 16 16.00 16
Virginia Tech 9-3 ACC 17 18 17.50 19
Florida State 8-4 ACC 18 24 21.00 21
TCU 10-2 USA 19 17 18.00 24
Kansas State 9-3 B12 20 19 19.50 17
Utah 9-3 MWC 21 21 21.00 26
Penn State 8-4 B10 22 27 24.50 30
UCLA 8-4 PAC 23 26 24.50 27
California 9-3 PAC 24 22 23.00 18
West Virginia 9-3 BET 25 31 28.00 31

[bbgunn]

Now we give homage to the veterans of our team who are leaving us:
Player # Pos Elig HT WT High School
Nolan, Skip 11 QB Sr 6-0 189 Collinsville, AL - Collinsvill
Adachi, Gilbert 21 RB Sr 6-3 218 Bogalusa, LA - Bogalusa
Forbes, Bobby 44 RB Sr 5-10 198 Nacogdoches, TX - Nacogdoches
Gardner, Harold 42 RB Sr 5-9 180 Indianapolis, IN - Southport
Bruce, Patrick 43 FB Sr 6-2 233 Trussville, AL - Hewitt-Trussv
Hildebrandt, Cornell 36 FB* Sr 6-0 227 Ardmore, AL - Ardmore
Lowe, Walter 93 TE Sr 6-3 228 Mobile, AL - Augusta Evans
Schultz, Lamar 99 TE Sr 6-4 229 Tuscaloosa, AL - Central East
Peters, Darrell 81 WR Sr 6-2 186 Galena Park, TX - Galena Park
Dang, Norm 69 T Sr 6-4 265 Northport, AL - Tuscaloosa Cou
Gomez, Mo 70 T Sr 6-2 265 El Paso, TX - Austin
Heilman, Skip 6 P Sr 6-0 190 Tishomingo, OK - Tishomingo
Kerr, Blake 1 K Sr 6-2 189 Brownsville, TX - Pace
Newsome, Zack 98 DT Sr 6-5 265 Crossville, AL - Crossville
Barrett, Colin 45 OLB Sr 6-1 205 Birmingham, AL - Woodlawn Magn
Gomez, Howie 96 OLB Sr 6-3 217 Gardendale, AL - Gardendale
Jordan, Tommy 39 CB Sr 6-1 173 Mesquite, TX - West Mesquite
Bruce, Tracy 31 CB* Sr 5-9 166 Rio Grande City, TX - Rio Gran

As I look at this, I'm thinking, "My God, we are gonna stink next year." We are losing a lot, especially on offense. We lose our top QB, top RB, FB, TE, and 2 starting T, plus our second best WR. We'll have 5 returing starters on offense next year, at RB, WR, 2 G and C. We might be bad.

The hits on defense don't hurt so much. We lose 2 starters, hometown player OLB Barrett, CB Jordan. Barrett was our best defensive player. I think we gained a lot on defense through recruiting, so our defense is going to be superb next year.

But I digress. This is supposed to be a time to recognize the seniors. QB Nolan helped us out tremendously this year with his consistency. RB Forbes didn't get 1000 yards, but he was alright. They wouldn't have done it without our line. We could not have asked more from our OL seniors - they really shocked a lot of people. Our 2nd place finish belongs to them. So long, fellas. As you can tell, we will certainly miss you.

[bbgunn]

Let's take a quick look at the new recruits:
Player Pos HT WT ST NRank Home Town
$$Lang, Matt WR 5-11 178 TN --- Memphis
$$Lerner, Everett G 6-3 277 GA --- Chatsworth
##Schneider, Luther RB 5-10 187 GA --- Rossville
##Coates, Marlon T 6-5 277 AL --- Hazel Green
##Cox, Deron QB 6-2 188 AL --- Pleasant Grove
$$Harper, Eddie P 5-9 166 AL --- Ragland
##Wheeler, Luther OLB 6-0 204 AL --- McCalla
$$Stowe, Dominic DT 6-2 258 AL --- Blountsville
Springer, Brenden S 5-11 183 AL 550 Kinston
##Dole, Jose S 5-11 175 GA --- Columbus
$$Peachey, Dale C 6-3 256 TN 956 Sparta
Roberson, Bart CB 6-2 176 AL 246 Mobile
$$Davila, Michael DE 6-3 232 FL --- Panama City
##Harms, Howie DE 6-4 225 TN --- Murfreesboro
##Charles, Earl T 6-4 254 TN --- Memphis
**Schulz, Percy FB 6-1 219 GA --- Dallas

Player High School Reg Ath. Prep
$$Lang, Matt Frayser SE 94
$$Lerner, Everett Murray County SE 74
##Schneider, Luther Ridgeland SE 65
##Coates, Marlon Hazel Green DS 60
##Cox, Deron Pleasant Grove DS 47
$$Harper, Eddie Ragland DS 44
##Wheeler, Luther McAdory DS 39
$$Stowe, Dominic Susan Moore DS 35
Springer, Brenden Kinston DS 34
##Dole, Jose Carver SE 34
$$Peachey, Dale White County SE 25
Roberson, Bart Lillie B Williamson DS 21
$$Davila, Michael Bay SE 16
##Harms, Howie Oakland SE 10
##Charles, Earl Fairley SE 9
**Schulz, Percy East Paulding SE 8

Player Pos ST Visit Cost Dist. Fit Score
Roberson, Bart CB AL 305 215 72
$$Peachey, Dale C TN 295 186 79
$$Davila, Michael DE FL 442 246 71
Springer, Brenden S AL 289 168 81
**Schulz, Percy FB GA 271 115 88
$$Harper, Eddie P AL 247 40 84
##Dole, Jose S GA 277 133 79
$$Lerner, Everett G GA 281 145 78
##Charles, Earl T TN 371 214 71
##Cox, Deron QB AL 237 9 82
$$Stowe, Dominic DT AL 247 40 77
$$Lang, Matt WR TN 371 214 84
##Harms, Howie DE TN 288 165 68
##Wheeler, Luther OLB AL 242 24 75
##Schneider, Luther RB GA 278 134 82
##Coates, Marlon T AL 266 98 81

Player Scout Phone Visit Emphasis Status
Roberson, Bart 90- 3 2 Dist/Acad Committed *
$$Peachey, Dale 64-- 2 2 Prest*/(DistCommitted *
$$Davila, Michael 57- 0 1 Dist/Acad Committed *
Springer, Brenden 57++ 2 2 Dist*/Acad Committed *
**Schulz, Percy 56+ 2 2 Dist*/Prest Committed *
$$Harper, Eddie 45- 2 2 Prest/Dist Committed *
##Dole, Jose 37- 2 2 Acad/Prest Committed *
$$Lerner, Everett 34+ 2 2 Prest/Acad Committed *
##Charles, Earl 32- 2 1 Acad/Dist Committed *
##Cox, Deron 31- 2 2 Prest/Acad Committed *
$$Stowe, Dominic 31+ 2 2 Acad*/Dist Committed *
$$Lang, Matt 30+ 2 2 Dist/Prest Committed *
##Harms, Howie 30+ 1 2 Acad*/Dist Committed *
##Wheeler, Luther 29+ 2 2 Dist/Prest Committed *
##Schneider, Luther 19- 2 2 Prest/Acad Committed *
##Coates, Marlon 15+ 2 2 Prest/Acad Committed *

Rough Estimate of Player Interest: No Prefix - player unlikely to be
interested, ** - a bit of a stretch for your school, $$ - likely interest,
## - almost certain interest.

*That Roberson signing is a big coup for UAB. He will probably be a 4-year starter and one of the best defensive players ever in C-USA, if he keeps his head on straight.
*Davila and Springer will help shore up a great defense.
*On offense, Peachey will certainly be in the running for the vacant C starting job. Schulz will make a great replacement for Patrick Bruce.
*Most of the other guys are nothing special, but they certainly up the talent level of our team.
*Schneider and Coates shouldn't even have scholarships - an indication of the extreme lack of available talent at RB and T in our area.

[bbgunn]

7-4, 5-3 in the conference, 2nd place... not bad at all, considering we were picked for 10th place. The way we ended the season left a sour taste in my mouth, though.

The wishbone really was successful for us... when our game was on. The offense was too inconsistent... the offensive coordinator may have to go next year. I'll think about that over the offseason.

Our defense is going to be great in 2005, but our offense will be terrible. We'll see what happens.

[bbgunn]

Oops, almost forgot about this.

C-USA First Team
TE Walter Lowe
G Tyrus Clanton
T Mo Gomez
CB Dennis Kennedy

C-USA Second Team
RB Bobby Forbes
K Blake Kerr

C-USA All-Academic Team
FB Patrick Bruce
P Skip Heilman
DE Carlos Singleton

[bbgunn]

Can UAB improve on a great beginning to B.B. Gunn's first season? Find out:

A UAB Dynasty: 2005 (http://www.operationsports.com/fofc/showthread.php?t=52272)